Bluebirds In Nest — Gallery Canvas Art Prints holding the light

holding the light

no foreground detail — just the shape of the north at the end of a day

his bird-and-botanical compositions demonstrate the dual naturalist and artistic discipline that defines his practice

when his technique was loose enough to feel atmospheric and tight enough to render every individual hair on the beaver's coat

He is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose bird-and-botanical compositions are among the most beloved in his catalogue

Bluebirds In Nest — Gallery Canvas Art Prints holding the lightA male Eastern Bluebird perches at the entrance of a hollow fence post, his female just inside her eye visible in the shadow of the cavity, the nest below her. This is one of Glen's earliest and most intimate bird studies, painted in 1965 when he was already demonstrating the close observational eye that would define his career. The weathered wood of the post is rendered with the same attention he gave to the birds themselves every grain, split, and